Building construction



D. BAUGHMANf BUILDING CONSTRUCTION- APPLICATION FILED FEB-1, 1920.

Patented Sept. 13,1921.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BAUGHMAN, OF PIERCE, FLORIDA.

citizen of the United Statearesiding BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13, 1921- Appllcation filed February 7, 1920. Serial No. 356,890.

' inexpensive, strong and efficient manner.

A further object is to construct a building in which the outer walls and foundation are formed of cured concrete, and in whlch the wall studs ave means received inand reinforcing the concrete walls, and in addition 1 thereto bracing the supporting studs, the

s aces between the walls and the plaster. on t e studs providing dead air chambers that will revent dampness to the interior of the. buil ing as well as rotect the same against exterior heat or col Other objects and advantages will sent themse ves as the nature of the inven- 1 tion is better understood, reference being had to the accom anying drawings in which there is 'illustra ed a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice and in which:-

Figure 1 is a detail vertical longitudinal sectional view through a ortion of a build ing construction in accor ance with this invention. Y r

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View therethrou h.

The wal s and foundation of the building are formed by poured concrete. The foundation walls may be reinforced in the ordinary manner, but the side walls are reinforced'in a particular manner which will hereinafter be set forth.

When the foundation wall, indicated by the numeral 1, in Fig. 1 of the drawings is formed the boards constituting the molds therefor are removed, and on the upper and straight edge 2 of the said foundation wall I lay a sill 3. It will be noted that the sill is d1s osed adjacent to the inner face of the foun ation wall 1. 0n the sill, at its outer corner I place a vertically arranged horizontally disposed board or late 4. This plate may be secured to the si 1 in. any desired or preferred manner, and against this plate abut the floor joists 5 that have their ends the plaster 11.

resting on the sill 3. On the joists thereis nailed, first the sub-floor 6, and on the subfloor the main floor 7. On the first sub-floor, which has its end resting on the upper edge of the plate 4, I arrange a horizontally dis posed plate 8. It is to be noted that the outer edge of the late 8 is flush with the outer edge of the p ate 4 and the outer ed e of the sill 3. These elements permit of t e forming of the lower portion of the side" Walls 9 of the building. The concrete is poured between the mentioned members and the outer board of the mold is, of course, suitably secured. Before the lower portion of the wall is formed, or after the forming thereof, as desired, there is positioned on the plate 8 spaced studs 10.. These studs are arranged a suitable distance inward of the edge of the plate 8, the plate 8 being in reality a 2 x 4 stud. The. studs 10 being also of 2 x 4 dimensions will have their outer edges projecting a slight distance outward of the plate .or stud 8. The distance between the inner edge of the studs 10 and the edge of the plate or stud 8 equals the thickness of After the studs 10 are erected, and preferably securedto the plate 8 I arrange, at preferably equi-distantly spaced intervals around all of the studs, wire members 12. These wire members are drawn taut and are retained on the studs through the medium of staples 13 that enter the studs and, of course, surround the wires. At the corner of the building, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings the end studs 10, are braced by a vertical board 14 which is arranged between the jointed faces thereof, and against these boards at the corners of the building the concrete engages. Thus it will be noted that the concrete at the corners is of a greater thickness than the side walls, and the wire members 12 being rounded. The said corners materially reinforce the same.

Between the horizontally arranged wires 12 I secure in the outer faces of the studs 10 preferably an larly arranged crossing nails 15. The nai s do not entirely enter the studs, but as a matter of fact extend therebeyond for the major portions of their lengths, and the said nails provide both reinforcing elements for the concrete walls and means for effectively sustaining the said walls on the studs. When the wires and nails are positioned as described, the inner mold-boards are arranged between thestuds and the outer mold boards are arranged flush with the outer face of the base 1. The plastic material is then poured between the mold boards and allowed to settle andthis is repeated until the walls 9 are completely erected.

While in the drawings I have illustrated a one story building, it is to be understood that with my construction buildings of any number of stories may be constructed. It

is, of course, also to be understood that the walls may be of varying thicknesses, and

The improvement is not. only designed for dwellings but in I the construction of barns, and in fact in the construction of any class ofbuildings, and .in Fig. lof the drawingsthe device illustrates the manner in which a barn may be constructed. On the top of the studs and .Isecured thereto is a2 2: 4: plate 16. Resting [on this. plate and secured thereto is the ,wall plate 17 On the wall plate are the ceiling joists l8, and secured to the angle ends of the ceiling joists l8 and received in notches in the .wall plate 17 are the roof rafters 19..

)It is believed that the foregoing description, when taken .in connection with the drawings will fully set forth the construc- .tiomand will render the simplicity and advantagesthereof apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is In a poured concrete building construction, a concrete base, a wooden sill of a less width than the base arranged on the base in a line with the inner edge thereof, a vertically arranged board resting on and in a line with the outer edge of the sill, and floor joists resting on the sill and contacting the board, a plate resting 011 the joists and having its outer edge in a line with the outer face of the board, vertically disposed spaced studs restin on and secured to the plate and having their inner edges disposed inwardly from the inner edge of the plate and their outer edges disposed outwardly over the outer edge of the plate, a plate having its edges flush with the inner and outer faces of the studs resting on and secured to said studs, horizontally arranged equi-distantly spaced wire members on the outer faces of the studs, vmeans securing the wires to the respectivestuds, crossed nails driven in the outer face of the studs between the wire members, the sill board and plate providing inner mold members for the plastic wall built outward therefrom on the base, and

the remaining inner mold members designed to be received between the spaced studs and have their outer surfaces in a line with the referred to inner permanent mold, whereby the outer portions of the studs are embedded in the concrete wall.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DAVID BAUGHMANL 

